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urochrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
urochrome
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pigment that causes the yellow color in urine. It is a breakdown product of the blood's haemoglobin and is removed by the kidneys.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der. Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō) Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron)der. English uro- English -chrome English urochrome From uro- + -chrome.

Usage

Inflected Forms

urochromes (plural)

Questions

What does urochrome mean?
A pigment that causes the yellow color in urine. It is a breakdown product of the blood's haemoglobin and is removed by the kidneys.
Where does urochrome come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der. Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō) Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron)der. English uro- English -chrome English urochrome From uro- + -chrome.

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